1994 F150
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1994 F150
I have a parking brake problem that I don't think is part of the recall. When I pused in the parking brake the pedal went straight to the floor and I heard a bang. When Ilooked under the truck I could see the brake cable, luckily it was not broken. I looked at the frame and saw a metal piece, not sure what to call it. The metal piece has three keyhole like holes, 1 you would attach the parking brake cable to, 2 other holes hold the other (and I assume this) brake cables for the rear. The metal piece is broken where the parking cable goes, it snapped. The main questions that I have are. What is the piece called, it was not welded to the frame, and if all three cables are not in the metal piece will my brakes fail ?
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From: Alpharetta
brakes won't fail, however, as you noticed your e-brake no longer works. The way an e-brake works is... as you depress the e-brake pedal it mechanically tightens the rear brakes with the cable. i'm not sure the name of the piece, sorry. i'm sure someone can fill that bit of information in.
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got home and looked in my manual. the piece i think you need is called: parking brake cable equalizer, part number 2A602. i still advise going to a dealer should be your next step. and kjg is correct this is just for the emergency backup mechanical system. i would try to find why it broke. the rear cables may be rusted.
good luck!
good luck!
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